After two years in the department, Charlotte Ryder-Burbidge will be leaving us to start a new job with the Canadian Institute for Health Research’s Knowledge Mobilization Strategies team. Charlotte has made many valuable contributions to both Dr. Christine Friedenreich and Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia’s research programs over the past two years and she will be missed!…
Congratulations to Dr. Christine Friedenreich who was recently named as a ‘Friend of IARC’ (International Agency for Research on Cancer)! This is a very prestigious honor that is only granted to a small and select group of people. There are currently a total of 22 ‘Friends of IARC’ from all over the world who act…
Dr. Cheryl Peters has accepted a new position as a Senior Scientist with the BC Centers for Disease Control/BC Cancer Agency. Her last day with CEPR will be January 14, 2022. In this new position, Dr. Peters will be responsible for developing primary and secondary cancer prevention programs, research and policy directions and evaluation of…
Congratulations to Dr. Anita Brobbey, supervised by Dr. Cheryl Peters, on being selected as the Cumming School of Medicine-Charbonneau Postdoctoral Scholar for her work titled “Investigating the impacts of air pollution and radiation exposures on the risk of cancer and mortality in Canada”. Dr. Brobbey’s research focuses on identifying whether exposure to air pollution or…
The inaugural virtual Alberta Cancer Research Conference was held October 25-28, 2021 with 615 registrants, mainly from Alberta. The ACRC 2021 arose from a discussion that Dr. Christine Friedenreich held with our leaders in Cancer Research and Analytics about the lack of opportunities for learning and networking across cancer research institutions in Alberta. The last…
The Adolescents and Young Adults Becoming Physically Active After Cancer Trial (AYA-PACT) officially started on Monday, September 27th with a mail out through the Alberta Cancer Registry. This 5 year study is led by Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia and Dr. Christine Friedenreich. The study is examining if a home-based, mobile health (mHealth) physical activity intervention can…
Chao Cao is a PhD student at Washington University School of Medicine in the US. Chao has been working with Dr. Lin Yang since 2018 and has more recently been working closely with us on several projects within CEPR.
Ayah Takrouri, who has a Bachelor’s degree in nutrition science, is working with Dr. Lin Yang to develop a knowledge survey to understand the needs and preferences of exercise programs among patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Dr. Karen Kopciuk will be co-supervising a new MSc student in Biostatistics at the University of Calgary this fall. Tim Biziaev completed his BSc in statistics at McEwan University and will be working on validating the AB Tomorrow Project data with the BC Generations data during his first year of his program. He will be…
Please welcome Iqra Rahamatullah to the department! Iqra is a recent kinesiology graduate from the University of Calgary who will be working with Dr. Miranda Fidler-Benaoudia on multiple projects. Specifically, Iqra will work with Anika Morokhovich to abstract treatment details for the Alberta AYA Cancer Survivor Study and will serve as a patient partner and…